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Application October 18, 1943, Serial No. 506,739

6 Claims.

'I'he object of my invention lis to provide a novel and interesting game involving the element of chance and also having novel mechanism for controlling the operation of the game.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a novel type of game board, and novel means for operating the chance mechanism. I attain these and other objects of my invention by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan View of the invention, a portion of the rotatable disk being broken away to show the disposition of the answers or Consequences; Y

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, with the disk moved from its normally tilted position with the edge of the disk 2 resting against the top of board I to a position midway toward its other eXtreme position with the opposite edge of the disk pressed down and touching the board I;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1, showing the spinner device; and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the spinner device on. line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several Views.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, I provide a baseboard I, spaced a'bove which is mounted a rotatable disk 2 of less diameter than the lbaseboard I, and centralized by a centrally disposed screw 3, which carries a nut 4 on which the under side of disk 2 rests, the screw 3 also carrying a nut 5 seating over the upper surface of the disk 2. Mounted on the underside of the disk 2 are a pair of spaced substantially semispherical domes 8 which are offset like distances lfrom and on a line with each other relative to the central screw 3', whereby the disk 2 may be pivoted or tilted on said domes 8 to cause the operation of the spinner device I6.

I provide outlines of hands 9 on the top surface of the rotatable disk 2, with the fingers pointing away from the player, so that the person playing the game may by placing his hands on the portion of the board designated 9 and by pressing down with his fingers tilt the disk, which pivots on the domes 8, so that the edge of the disk farthest from the player, and whichl is in a normally raised position will be pressed downwardly into contact with the top surface of the baseboard I. In doing this the cam I0 which normally contacts the surface of the baseboard, is operated on its shaft or pivot I2. Cam I0 carries a trigger I3 which is pivotally mounted Vat I4 on cam I0. Cam I0 also has a stop pin I5 which engages the rear end of trigger I3, as shown in Fig. 4. The forward end of trigger I3 is beveled at its lower edge and'extends against the ball container or spinner I6 to engage one of the spaced pins I1. The number of these pins correspond with the number of sides of the spinner I6, which may have any desired number of sides, but preferably has three sides, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing. Within the spinner I6 is a freely moving ball or disk I8, the weight .of which holds the spinner against further rotation after it comes to a stop, so that the wording on one side of the spinner will appear clearly l) in view. Spinner I6 is rotatably mounted on the lshaft I9, and is actuated by the pressure of trigger I3 against one of the plurality of transverse pins I'I. A pointer IIb is provided on box II in which the spinner is mounted. ,d

On each of the several faces 20, 2| and 22 of the spinner I6 is painted or printed some suitable word, and in the case of a three-sided spinner the words will be Yes, No, and Dunno Directly opposite the box II on the portion of the rotatable disk which normally conceals the instructions or Consequences 21 which are annularly arranged on the baseboard I, as shown in Fig. 1, is a pivoted liap 24 which covers a slot 2a in the disk 2. Flap 24 is pivotally mounted on suitable ears 23.

-It is within the contemplation of my inventionto provide a spinner having a greater number of sides thanv three, as for example five sides to carry five different words on its respective ,-faces, if it is desired to make the game a little more complicated.

In playing the game, the disk is rotated so that the pointer I lb will be opposite one of the annularly arranged series of questions 26, visible just beyond the periphery of disk 2. The player places his hands on the painted hands 9 on disk 2 and presses downwardly quickly with his iin gers. This action causes the cam IIJ to swing on its pivot I2, the cam also raising trigger I3, the forward end of which engages and pushes upwardly on one of the shafts or pins I'I, (there being one of these pins for each side of the spinner,.as shown in Fig. 4). The pressure on a pin VI'I causes the rotation of spinner I6, until its momentum is exhausted and the ball or disk 20 comes to rest, with one of the faces 20 or 2l, vor 22 uppermost and exposed through the opening in the box I I to display to the player the answer printed on the uppermost face of the spinner I6. If the answer is Dunno the player lifts the door or flap 24 to read the instructions or Consequences or answer on the inner ring of answers 2l, all ibut one of which are concealed by the disk 2, and one of which is exposed to view when the flap 24 is raised. The player thereupon must pay the consequences by complying with the particular instruction disclosed beneath the flap 24.

Two can play the game by sitting opposite each other and one of the players putting his hands over the hands of the other player.

It will be noted that the disk pivots on the semi-spherical balls or domes 8 and not on the central screvn 3. The screw. 3 is capable of tilting slightly with the disk, as an annular space S' surrounds screw 3 in the baseboard I, as shown in Fig. 3. The function of the screw 3I is merely to support the disk 2 in a spaced relation to the baseboard I, while domes 8 function as pivot elements for the disk. Owing to the fact that the box Il is of light material and the slot in the disk in which box Il is mounted is of substantially larger size than the slot 2a covered by flap 24 on the opposite side of the disk, the edge of disk 2 adjacent slot 2a and flap 24 will normally rest on the baseboard with the disk in a normally tilted position, until pressed to a reversely tilted position by pressure of the hands of the player when placed on the portions of the disk designated 9.

What I claim is:

1. In a game, the combination of a baseboard,A

a disk rotatably mounted in spaced relation above the baseboard but tiltably supported, a series of annularly disposed questions positioned to be visible beyond the periphery of the rotatable disk, a similarly arranged series of instructions adjacent the respective questions but concealed under and near the peripheral edge portion of the rotatable disk, a slot in the disk through which one of the aforesaid series of instructions may be observed, a weight controlled spinner carrying a plurality of words functioning as instructions, and means for causing the spinner to rotate when the hands of the player are pressed on the disk.

2. In a game, the combination of a baseboard, a disk rotatably mounted in spaced relation above the baseboard but tiltably supported, a series of annularly disposed questions positioned toV be visible beyond the periphery of the rotatable disk, an annularly arranged series of instructions adjacent the respective questions but concealed under and near the peripheral edge portion of the rotatable disk, a slot in the disk through which one of the aforesaid series of instructions is visible, a pivoted flap normally concealing said instructions, a box mounted on the disk, said box supporting a multiple faced spinner, means within the box operatively engaging the spinner and normally projecting below the bottom of the rotatable disk to cause the spinner to rotate when the rotatable disk is tilted and pressure is applied to said means by the baseboard on which the rotatable disk rests in tilted position, a weight element in said spinner for causing it to remain in a predetermined position when it comes to a stop, suitable instructions printed on the respective faces of the spinner, such as Yes, No, and Dunno, and means for causing the spinner to rotate or spin when the hands of the player are pressed on the disk.

3. In combination with the mechanism defined in claim 2, the disk having outlines of a pair of hands offset from the central portion of the disk on its top surface to designate where the player is to place his hands to operate the disk from one tilted position to a reverse tilted position.

4. A spinner device for use in connection with a game having a tiltable element, a box carried by the tiltable element, a spinner rotatably mounted in said box, said spinner having a series of faces bearing different words functioning as answers, a series of spaced pins extending transversely of the spinner, a pivoted cam element carried by and in the box and movable on tilting of the aforesaid tiltable element, a trigger carried by the cam element and adapted to engage the pins of spinner to start same spinning but shaped to allow continued spinning of the spinner, and a weight element in the spinner to cause same to remain in a predetermined position when it comes to a stop.

5. In a game, the combination of a baseboard, a disk rotatably mounted in spaced relation above the baseboard but tiltably supported, dome members on the underside of the disk on which it tilts, a series of questions arranged to be visible beyond the peripheral edge of the rotatable disk, an annularly arranged series of instructions concealed under and near the edge portion of the rotatable disk on the baseboard, a slot in the disk through which a single one of the aforesaid series of instructions is visible, a pivoted flap normally concealing said instruction, means for supporting a multiple-faced spinner on the disk, a weight element in said spinner to cause the spinner to remain in stationary position when it comes to a stop to expose one of the several instructions carried on its respective faces, and cam and trigger mechanism for causing the spinner to rotate when the hands of a player are pressed downwardly on the tilted disk to tilt it to a reversely tilted position.

6. In a game, the combination of a baseboard, a disk rotatably lmounted in spaced relation above the baseboard but tiltably supported, a series of annularly disposed questions positioned to be visible beyond the periphery of the rotatable disk, an annularly arranged series of instructions adjacent the respective questions but concealed under and near the peripheral edge portion of the rotatable disk, a slot in the disk through which one of the aforesaid series of instructions is Visible, a pivoted flap normally concealing said instructions, a box mounted on the disk, said box supporting a multiple-faced spinner, a pivotally mounted cam member carried by the disk and operated by contact with the surface of the baseboard when the disk is tilted, a trigger carried by said cam, the hereinbefore mentioned spinner having a series of spaced pins, any one of said pins being engageable by the aforesaid trigger to cause the spinner to rotate, the trigger having a beveled rear edge so that succeeding pins may pass by the trigger, and a weight element within the spinner to cause same to remain in the position at which it stops when its momentum is exhausted, whereby the wording on one of the faces of the spinner will appear in full view. Y

JOHN ALBERT CHEAPE. 

